Title:
Overseas Exhibitionary Events as the Dictator of Contemporary Chinese Architecture: “TU MU: Young Architecture of China” in a World Media System
Overseas Exhibitionary Events as the Dictator of Contemporary Chinese Architecture: “TU MU: Young Architecture of China” in a World Media System
| dc.contributor.author | Chen, Dijia | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. College of Design | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Architecture | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | University of Virginia | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-04T02:23:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-04T02:23:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-02 | |
| dc.description | ConCave Ph.D. Symposium 2020: Divergence in Architectural Research, March 5-6, 2020, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Focusing on the first European exhibition staging independent Chinese architects “TU MU: Young Architecture of China”, I investigate the process in which overseas architectural exhibitions instigated the recognition of the neglected, marginalized, and suppressed independent Chinese architects, both at home and abroad. Curated by the Europeans, the exhibition appropriated the peripheral Chinese practices into the discourse of world contemporary architecture, established the architects’ advantaged position in the design market and academic institutions, and ultimately empowered the creative class, instead of the state-owned institutes, to represent China on the world platform. In this research, architectural production is approached as a mediated culture phenomenon rather than the construction of physical buildings in a local setting. I first analyze the distinctive media systems in China and Germany as the prerequisites of the exhibition; I then identify the empowered and disempowered institutions, entities and individuals in the constructed narrative. Positing Chinese participants as voiceless object, I conclude the paper by problematizing the consolidated discourse in terms of subjectivity, identity and authorship, and evaluate its broader impact on the younger generations in China’s architectural circle today. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64333 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.35090/gatech/79 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64350 | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | ConCave Ph.D. Symposium 2020 ; Divergence in Architectural Research | |
| dc.subject | Contemporary Chinese architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Exhibitionary event | en_US |
| dc.subject | Narrative | en_US |
| dc.subject | Transnational cultural communication | en_US |
| dc.title | Overseas Exhibitionary Events as the Dictator of Contemporary Chinese Architecture: “TU MU: Young Architecture of China” in a World Media System | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | OVERSEAS EXHIBITIONARY EVENTS AS THE DICTATOR OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ARCHITECTURE: “TU MU: Young Architecture of China” in a World Media System | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
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| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Design | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Architecture | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | School of Architecture Symposia | |
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